Border-cutting machine.



W. H. WALDRON.

BORDER CUTTING MACHINE;

APPLICATION FILED MAYQ, 1914.

1 1 28;()43. Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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WILLIAM HUBELI WALDRON, OF HIGHLAND PARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR- TO JNO. WALDRON C0., OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.

BORDER-CUTTING MACHINE.

Application filed May 9, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HUBELI WALDRON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Highland Park, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Border-Cutting Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to the manufacture of wall paper borders, and its object is to provide a new and improved border cutting machine arranged to enable the attendant to keep the border in accurate registry with the cutting roll.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of an endless traveling band or apron driven from the cutting roll and in unison therewith, the said endless band having one run arranged adjacent an edge of the border and the endless band having spaced registering means adapted to register with the spacing marks of the repeating de` sign on the border. y

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the border cutting machine; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the delivery end of the border cutting machine; Fig. 3 is a plan view on the line 3 3 of Fig. l and showing more particularly the endless traveling band in register with the border; Fig. 4 is an enlarged edge view of part of the endless band; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one of the rollers around which passes the endless band.

The border cutting machine is mounted on a suitably constructed frame A on which are journaled the cutting rollB and the impression roll C between which passes the border D to be cut along one edge according to the contour of the imprint on the paper, it being understood that the cutting roll B is provided with a continuous cutting edge conforming in shape to the contour of the said imprint. The border D passes over and under a series of guide rollers E, E, E2 and E3 journaled on the main frame A, and of which the latter guide roller E3 is so located relative to the cutting roll B and the impression roll C that the border D passes in an upwardly inclined direction from the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, i914.

serial No. 837,389.

said guide roller E3 to and between the rolls B and C, as plainly indicated in Fig. l. The cut border after passing between the rolls B and C passes between rolls C and F at the delivery side of the machine and finally passes between guide rolls Gr and G to a suitable place of discharge.

On one side of the machine A is arranged an endless band or apron H having its lower run adjacent one edge of the border I) as the latter passes from the guide roller E3 to and between the rolls B and C. This apron H is provided with pointers H eX* tending transversely and reaching onto the edge of the border D, and the said pointers H are spaced apart equal distances corresponding to the distance between the repeating design or pattern D on the border D. In practice, a design or pattern marked D2 is arranged on the border D adjacent one edge thereof to indicate the terminal points of the repeating design or pattern and as long as the pointers H are in register with such marks D2 the border D is in register with the cutting edge of the cutting roll B.

The traveling band H passes around wheels I and I provided at their peripheral faces with notches I2 adapted to be engaged by lugs or teeth H2 arranged on the inner face of the endless band H so that the latter is not liable to slip. The wheels I and I are secured on shafts I3, It journaled in bearings J and J of which the bearing J is adjustably mounted on the frame A in the direction of the length of the band H while the bearing J is adjustably mounted in an up and down direction on a bracket J2 attached to the main frame A. The shaft I4c is driven in unison with the cutting roll B and for this purpose the shaft I4 is connected by a train of gear wheels K, K, K2, K3 and KAL with the shaft B of the cutting roll B, it being understood that the gear wheel K is secured on the shaft I4L and the gear wheel K4k is secured to the shaft B.

The gear wheel K3 is mounted to rotate loosely on the shaft C of the impression roll C and this gear wheel K3 is driven either at an equal speed or at an accelerated speed or a retarded speed relative to the impres- 1 sion roll C. For this purpose use is made of a mechanism under the control of the operator and preferably such, for instance, as is shown and described in the Letters Patent of the United States for a registering device for printing machines, No. 805,172, granted to me on November 21, 1905. rIhis differential driving mechanism' in its general construction is arranged as follows: On the main frame A is mounted the driving shaft L driven by belt and pulley or other means from a countershaft, and on the said shaft are secured pulleys L, L2 con nected by belts L2, L4 with pulleys L5, L, mounted to rotate loosely on a shaft N journaled on the main frame A. The belt L4 is crossed so that the pulley L6 rotates in a reverse direction to that of the pulley L5. Between the pulleys L5, L6 is arranged a double clutch N mounted to rotate with and to slide on the shaft N adapted to be shifted by a shifting lever N2 under the control of the attendant in charge of the machine. When the lever N2 is moved in one direction the clutch N connects the pulley L5 with the shaft N, and when moved in the opposite direction the pulley L6 is connected with. the shaft N.

On the shaft N is secured a sprocket wheel O connected by a sprocket chain O with a sprocket wheel O2 mounted to rotate loosely on a shaft O3 journaled in a suitable frame A forming part of the main frame A. The shaft O3 is provided with a gear wheel P in mesh with a gear wheel P secured on the shaft P2 journaled in the frame A, and on the shaft P2 is secured a sprocket wheel P3 connected by a sprocket chain P4 with a sprocket wheel P5 secured on the shaft C of the impression roll C. The sprocket Wheel O2 is connected by a differential gearing, such as shown in the patent above referred to, with the shaft 03 on which is fastened a sprocket Wheel Q, connected by a sprocket chain Q with a sprocket wheel Q2 mounted on the hub R of a bevel gear wheel R which in turn is connected by a return gearing with the gear wheel K3 previously mentioned and used for driving the gear wheel K4 of the cutting roll B. The diiferential gearing and the return gearing above mentioned are the same as described in the Letters Patent above referred to so that further description of the same is not deemed necessary, it being understood that by the arrangement described the cutting roll B is shifted forward or backward the desired distance until accurate registration of the cutting edge of the cutting roll B is had relative to the design or pattern on the border D, and as the band or apron H is driven from the said cutting roll B and in unison with the same, it is evident that the pointers H can be readily kept in register with the marks D2 on the border D.

It is further understood that should the pointers H move out of register with the marks D2 then the attendant in charge shifts the lever N2 correspondingly to increase orV decrease the speed of the cutting roll B and that of the apron H until the pointers H are again in register with the .marks D2, and when this takes place the cutting edge of the roll B is also in register with the pattern on Aadapted to register with the spacing marks of the repeating design on the border.

2. A border cutting machine `provided with a rotating cutting roll having a continuous cutting edge conforming in shape to the contour of the imprint on the border, an endless band having pointers spaced equal distances apart and adapted to indicate on the spacing marks of the repeating design of the border, and driving means for imparting a traveling motion to the said band from the said cutting roll.

3. A border cutting machine provided with a driven impressionroll, a driven cutting roll, an endless traveling band having pointers spaced apart according to the repeating design of the border, driving means for driving the said band in unison with the cutting roll, and adjustable driving means for driving the said cutting roll in unison or at an accelerated or retarded speed relae tive to the said impression roll.

t. A border cutting machine, comprising a pair of revoluble rolls between which passes the border, one of the rolls being an impression roll and the other being a cutting roll having a continuous cutting edge conforming in shapeV to the contour of the imprint on the border, a guide roll over which passes the border to the said rolls, an endless band having pointers spaced equal distances apart, one arm of the said band being arranged adjacent an edge of the portion of the border extending from the guide roll to the said pair of rolls, the pointers on ilo the said run being adapted to register with 5. A border cutting machine, comprising a pair of revoluble rolls between which passes the border, one of the rolls being an impression roll and the other being a cutting roll having a continuous cutting edge conforming in shape to the contour of the imprint on the border, a guide roll over which passes the border to the said rolls, an endless band having pointers spaced equal distances apart, one run of the said band being arranged adjacent an edge of the portion of the border extending from the guide roll to the said pair of rolls, the pointers on the said run being adapted to register with the spacing marks of the repeating design orn the border, the said endless band being provided with lugs, guide wheels around which passes the said endless band and provided with notches for engagement by the said band lugs, a gearing for driving one of the said guide wheels from the said cutting roll for imparting a traveling motion to the said band in unison with the said cutting roll, driving means for the said impression roll, and adjustable driving means for driving the said cutting roll at the same speed or at an accelerated or a retarded speed relative to the said impression roll.

6. In a border cutting machine, the oombination with a pair of revoluble rolls between which passes the border, one of the rolls having a continuous cutting edge con` forming in shape to the contour of the imprint or the border, of supports, wheels` Copies of this patent may be obtained for and means for operating one of the said wheels from the cutting roll.

7. In a border cutting machine, the combination with a pair of revoluble rolls between which the border passes, one of the rolls having a continuous cutting edge conforming in shape to the contour of the imprint on the border, of adjustable bearings, said bearings being adjustable at right angles to one another, wheels mounted in the bearings, an endless band mounted on the wheels and having pointers spaced apart a distance equal to the distance between the repeating designs or pattern of the border, and means for operating one of the said wheels from the cutting roll.

8. In a border cutting machine, the combination with a pair of rolls between which the border passes, one of the rolls having a continuous Cutting edge conforming in shape to the contour of the imprint on the border, of adjustable bearings, one of the bearings being adjustable longitudinally and the other up and down, wheels mounted in the bearings, an endless band mounted on the wheels and having spaced pointers adapted to indicate on the border, and gearing between the wheel mounted in the bean ing which is adjustable up and down and the cutting roll.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM HUBELI WALDRON.

Witnesses E. A. VVALDRON, PARKER HICKS.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

